A Texas karate instructor has been charged with raping one of his students.
The alleged rape took place two years ago at the Safety America Karate school in Sugar Land, KHOU reported.
The boy reported to the police that William Propper took him into a bathroom during a summer camp two years ago and raped him. The incident took place at the Safety Karate school in Sugar Land.
PEOPLE.com reported that the victim, who said Propper had been his instructor since 2018, was 13 or 14 at the time.
According to the affidavit, the boy stated that Propper told him it was time to learn about sex and claimed that the boy was mature enough for the act. John Doe detailed that Propper made the advances during his time at the summer camp.
Afterward, the boy said, Propper “told him to keep what happened in the bathroom a secret.”
Propper was arrested last week and promptly released on bond. He is due back in court on March 17.
Safety America said “an employee” was “placed on leave pending the results of an investigation,” KHOU said.
